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Deaf Man's Death Ruled Homicide - Local/Florida News
Nearly a month after a Nassau County man died after an altercation at a bowling alley, the medical examiner has ruled the death a homicide.
Surveillance video shows the victim, 22-year-old Bruce Doss, who is deaf, inside of a bowling alley bar.
However, it's what the surveillance video doesn't show that deputies need answers to.
Investigators said Doss ended up getting into a confrontation inside the bar, and was asked to leave. Three men followed him out of the bar.
Deputies said the three men said they feared for Doss' safety because he was deaf, intoxicated and headed for a road. They said the men held Doss down.
Officers said when they arrived, Doss was unresponsive. He was taken to an area hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The Nassau County Sheriff's Office it has turned the investigation over to the state attorney's office.
"At this point our investigation, as far as all of the additional scene investigation, has been turned over to the state. We're waiting on them to make a decision about which way we're going to go," said Sheriff Tommy Seagraves.
Seagraves said no arrests have been made and no charges have been filed because his department is awaiting word from the state attorney's office.
Whether anyone will be prosecuted in Doss' death depends on what the state's investigation reveals.
People who knew Doss said they want to know whether there was malicious intent to harm Doss.
"Really, people don't think it should have been how it was because the guys held him down on the ground facedown, and that shouldn't have been," said an acquaintance of Doss.
"Everyone wants to know exactly what happened. No one is saying anything about it. They know who was involved, but that was about it," said Rudy Anderson, who knew Doss.
The state attorney's office told Channel 4 it recently began its investigation, and that there's no timetable as to if or when charges would be filed in the case.
Nearly a month after a Nassau County man died after an altercation at a bowling alley, the medical examiner has ruled the death a homicide.
Surveillance video shows the victim, 22-year-old Bruce Doss, who is deaf, inside of a bowling alley bar.
However, it's what the surveillance video doesn't show that deputies need answers to.
Investigators said Doss ended up getting into a confrontation inside the bar, and was asked to leave. Three men followed him out of the bar.
Deputies said the three men said they feared for Doss' safety because he was deaf, intoxicated and headed for a road. They said the men held Doss down.
Officers said when they arrived, Doss was unresponsive. He was taken to an area hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The Nassau County Sheriff's Office it has turned the investigation over to the state attorney's office.
"At this point our investigation, as far as all of the additional scene investigation, has been turned over to the state. We're waiting on them to make a decision about which way we're going to go," said Sheriff Tommy Seagraves.
Seagraves said no arrests have been made and no charges have been filed because his department is awaiting word from the state attorney's office.
Whether anyone will be prosecuted in Doss' death depends on what the state's investigation reveals.
People who knew Doss said they want to know whether there was malicious intent to harm Doss.
"Really, people don't think it should have been how it was because the guys held him down on the ground facedown, and that shouldn't have been," said an acquaintance of Doss.
"Everyone wants to know exactly what happened. No one is saying anything about it. They know who was involved, but that was about it," said Rudy Anderson, who knew Doss.
The state attorney's office told Channel 4 it recently began its investigation, and that there's no timetable as to if or when charges would be filed in the case.